RWANDA / TANZANIA: REFUGEES CONTINUE TO FLEE KIGALI AFTER PEACEKEEPER CAPTAIN MBAYE DIAGNE WAS KILLED IN A MORTAR ATTACK

Record ID: 347981

  • Title: RWANDA / TANZANIA: REFUGEES CONTINUE TO FLEE KIGALI AFTER PEACEKEEPER CAPTAIN MBAYE DIAGNE WAS KILLED IN A MORTAR ATTACK
  • Date: 30th May 1994
  • Summary: CU: DEAD BODY OF CAPTAIN MBAYE DIAGNE CAR GV'S/SV'S: U.N SOLDIERS TAKING MBAYE'S BODY OUT OF CAR / PUTTING HIM ON STRETCHER / STRETCHER BEING PUT INTO U.N VAN (6 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 14th June 1994 13:00
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  • Location: KIGALI, RWANDA/NGARA, TANZANIA/UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, RWANDA
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  • Country: Tanzania, United Republic of Rwanda
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA5K4FKW4X9KTKX5YZCEIU035YU
  • Story Text: The United Nations (U.N.) force in Rwanda said its operations would remain suspended on Wednesday (June 1) until security problems were solved after a Senegalese army captain was killed in the capital, Kigali.

    Captain Mbaye Diagne was hit by shrapnel on Tuesday from a shell that landed close to his car in central Kigali.

    The body of Diagne, who was called a "hero" by one colleague for his work in Kigali, was taken to the airport, which is jointly controlled by U.N. forces and Rwandan rebels besieging the capital.

    A spokesman for the U.N. Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) said the evacuation of trapped refugees on both sides of the divided capital was not expected to resume on Wednesday.

    U.N. Brigadier general Henry Anyidoho said the U.N. have asked both sides to stop the shelling but the warring factions have taken no notice.

    With rebel forces poised to enter the Rwandan capital, Kigali, aid workers in neighbouring countries are bracing themselves for a fresh exodus of tens of thousands of refugees.

    Every day, new refugees join the 300,000 Rwandans already gathered at Ngara, in southwestern Tanzania, the world's largest refugee camp.

    UNICEF deputy director of operations Doctor Richard Jolly said the refugees were coping adequately because they were using their own resources brought with them.

    But, he said, this situation would worsen quickly if more was not done to help them.
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